About NGC 5248 (C45)

NGC 5248 is a rewarding deep-sky target and presents itself as a diffuse object. It is quite faint.

Current visibility

Right now it is at about 34° altitude and reaches 81° around 10:04 PM.

It stays above 30° for roughly 8 hours.

Galaxies are sensitive to light pollution, structure becomes clearer under good conditions.

Observing tips

It can be challenging under typical skies.

Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Boötes

Distance

74000000 ly

Size

Season

Spring

Difficulty

Very Hard

Magnitude

10.3